DIRECT. War in Ukraine: Russia announces having shot down four American long-range missiles

150,000 Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine, according to Stéphane Séjourné

Some 150,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, according to estimates released by French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné on Friday. “Russia’s military failure is already here. We estimate Russian military losses at 500,000, including 150,000 deaths,” said Stéphane Séjourné in an interview published in the European edition of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta . “Why all this? It can be summed up in two words: for nothing.” This estimate of Russian losses is slightly lower than that presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last February, when he reported the death of 180,000 enemy soldiers.